poky
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ADJ-GRADED （房间或屋子）狭小的，窄小的
A room or house that is poky is uncomfortably small....apartments which were poky, dimly lit and poorly furnished.
空间狭小、光线昏暗、陈设简陋的公寓
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ADJ 慢吞吞的；缓慢的
If you say that someone is poky, you are criticizing them for moving or reacting very slowly.'Move!' she cried. 'Don't be so darn poky!'
“动起来！”她叫道：“别这么慢吞吞的！”
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N-SING 监狱；监牢
If someone is in the pokey, they are in prison.They threw him in the pokey, kept him under very harsh conditions.
他们把他投进监狱，服刑条件非常恶劣。
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- a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- Synonym: jail jailhouse gaol clink slammer pokey
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- small and remote and insignificant
- a jerkwater college
- passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
- Synonym: jerkwater one-horse pokey
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- wasting time
- Synonym: dilatory laggard pokey
数据来源：WordNet
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' Move ! ' she cried . ' Don 't be so darn poky ! '
“动起来！”她叫道：“别这么慢吞吞的！”
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This bedroom is very poky .
这间卧室太窝憋。
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They live in a poky little flat .
他们住在一个逼仄的小套间里。
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He was employed in a poky little jazz joint in San francisco .
他受雇在旧金山一家狭小的爵士乐俱乐部工作。
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Always wearing those poky old clothes .
总是穿着那几件又旧又破的衣服。
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I wish you wouldn 't be so poky when you 're getting ready .
我希望你做准备时不要这么慢吞吞的。
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Laid-off worker Liu Yongjian still lives in his poky bungalow , which was built in1958 .
下岗职工刘永建仍然居住在他那间1958年建造的简陋的平房内。
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Sod all . I 'm living in a poky rented flat when I should have my own home at my age . It 's not fair .
不提过去那些事情了，但是现在，别的同龄人都有自己的房子了，我还住在灰暗的小出租间里，这可太不公平了。
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Nelle Harper Lee was born in the poky little town of Monroeville , in southern Alabama , the youngest of four children .
内尔·哈珀·李（NelleHarperLee）出生在阿拉巴马州南部小城门罗维尔（Monroeville），是四个孩子中最小的一个。
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And I can only stay home and knit , like a poky old woman ! 'And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets , and her ball bounded across the room .
乔一边急切地说着，一边死劲儿甩着手里的蓝色军袜，直甩得编织针像西班牙舞蹈女郎手中的响板叮当作响，而毛线团则在房间里滚过来，滚过去。
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Y suggested that I make my own Pocky and pointed me in the direction of the Pier Cookbook where they have a good " Poky Stick " recipe ( the secret ingredient being tahini of all things ) .
你建议我做我自己的节日，我指出方向的码头食谱他们有一个好的“小棍子”食谱（秘密成分被芝麻酱所有的东西）。